SUNDAY MASS November 22, 2009

THANKSGIVING DAY MASS
We will gather together as a parish on Thursday, November 26 at 9:30am for our Thanksgiving Day Mass. You are invited to bring your bread and drink for your thanksgiving table in order that it may be blessed at the Mass. The collection on Thanksgiving Day will be for our own St. Vincent dePaul Food Bank. Each Wednesday St. Vincent dePaul Food Bank distributes food to many in our community who have a difficult time putting food on their tables. Especially during this Holiday season, let us remember those who are less fortunate by giving generously.

FOR THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING:
*No Junior High, Youth in Action, RCIA on Wednesday, November 25th
*No Eucharistic Adoration on Thanksgiving Day, November 26
*No Daily Mass or Communion Service on Friday, November 27

HOLIDAY PARISH OFFICE HOURS
The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. May the blessings of God fill your heart with gratitude and may the peace of Christ be always with you and your family.

SPECIAL BULLETIN DEADLINE
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday the bulletin for November 29 will be published early. Please have all items into the Parish Office no later than Tuesday, November 24 by 10am. You may drop off your item or email to:dnewbury@canby.com.

ADVENT WREATHS
Join us on Sunday, Nov. 29 after the 11AM Mass by making your own family Advent Wreath. All the supplies to make Advent Wreaths will be available to all parishioners who come to be a part of the event! Please come to prepare for Advent! Come Lord Jesus Come!

Reflecting the Gospel

Since most of us have never lived in a kingdom and have no experience of relating to a king, our notion of kings and kingdoms tends to be along the lines of Camelot filled with handsome men, fair damsels, great wealth, easy comfort, eye-popping love, pristine peace. It’s a grand dream for a kingdom of this world. This festival and the readings, however, hardly take us to this kind of kingdom. The gospel is part of the dialogue between Jesus and Pilate at Jesus’ trial. This is not exactly Camelot! On this last Sunday of the liturgical year we clearly see that Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world. Christ’s kingdom is not a special place, but an interior identity defined by our relationship to Christ the King. And here is where we can have a little bit of Camelot. This Sunday we celebrate a King whose presence and power we have already experienced: Christ, whose kingdom is not territory but virtue, not power but service, not wealth but grace. This King has loved us with his very life. He has shown us Camelot. “My kingdom does not belong to this world.” Where is Jesus’ kingdom? It exists wherever people embody Jesus’ manner of acting and relating, where ever the Spirit of Jesus is the rule of life. We enter into Jesus’ kingdom whenever we listen to this voice and proclaim him “the Alpha and the Omega” of all this is. This kingdom does not belong to this world, but is meant to transform this world. The liturgical year culminates with a summary statement of the identity of Jesus-“Christ the King.” As Christ, he is worthy of our worship. As King he is deserving of our service. As we celebrate this enthronement of Christ in glory, we also look forward to his victory in us when we are “freed. . .from our sins” and “made. . .into a kingdom”. Thus this solemnity invites us to renew our commitment to serve him with all our hearts. It invites us to renew our self-giving stance as disciples who follow the King. In our self-giving are we transformed and as we are transformed so is the world because he has made us into a kingdom. The surprise of this festival is that we are God’s kingdom already. We already share in his victory for we are “freed from our sins.” At the end of this liturgical year we are invited by the liturgy once again to fall in love with our King who has won for us eternal life. “To him by glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

Parish Community News

OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR RIGHT, AND OUR DUTY

As it is written ‘Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.’ (Is 49:15):
We in the Catholic Church in the Community of St. Patrick remember, hold in our memory, and pray for the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces especially: Ryan Thomas Blackwood, Douglas Bower Jr., Ryan Bridges, Lonnie Brown, Nathan Brown,, Jeremy Burke, Carlos Bustamante,  Adamm Creel, Isaiah Creel, David Davis, Brad Dunn, Brian Dykeman, Bill Ellis, Adam Ferrell, Andrew Gibby, David Hannon, April Kennedy, Patrick Kirsch,  Mike Krzmarzick, Jessica Krzmarzick (wife of Michael Krzmarzick) Johnny Lugo, Adam Lulay, Alex Martin, Jordan Morelli, John Nguyen, Robert Nolan, Daniel Olsen, Robert Selner, Tarl Spencer, John Suchanek, Leah Sundquist, Brian Thomas, Kenneth Thorpe, CJ Trillo, Jonathan Tuner, William Walsh, Erik Wiesehan, Ivan Wilson and John Zagyva,  may they be servants of Christ through service to those in need, and may they be kept safe from all harm.

MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, November 24 , 2009
+For all the faithful departed
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
+Elizabeth Hecker by Charlie Tibor
Thursday, [Thanksgiving Day] November 26, 2009
For the Intentions of the Parish
Friday, November 27, 2009
NO MASS OR COMMUNION SERVICE.

PARISH SUPPORT
Parishioners of St. Patrick through the Sacrificial giving
program gave to God the gift:
November 15, 2009
Funds Collected for Others
Cemetery $15.00
St. Vincent dePaul $25.00
Total: $

Collection Parish Operating Expenses
Envelopes’ $8123.00
Loose $438.41
Children’s $1.00
Poor $23.00
Unemployment Fund $200.00
Building Fund $192.00
Total $

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES - A NEW TRADITION
This year we would like to invite you to share your favorite Christmas memories with your parish family. In 50 words or less you are invited to share a Christmas memory or tell us “What does Christmas mean to you?.” You may submit your stories from now through Dec. 15 and beginning with the 1st week of Advent (Nov. 29) we will print them in a special section of the weekly bulletin. Your “Church memories” will be printed throughout the Advent/Christmas season. Everyone - young and older alike are encouraged to share and you are welcome to remain anonymous if you wish. You can submit your articles two ways:
1. Email your article to dnewbury@canby.com subject line: Christmas Memories

2. By mail: Christmas Memories - % St. Patrick Catholic Church; attn:Debbie Newbury - PO Box 730, Canby, OR 97013. *If you do hand write your article, please make sure it is written legibly so the bulletin editor can read it. Please include a contact number in case of questions. This is something fun for the whole parish to participate in as we enjoy reading all the wonderful memories we share. Questions, contact Debbie Newbury.

BABY BOTTLES FOR PREGNANCY CARE CENTER
If you took home a plastic baby bottle in October to collect money to support the Canby Pregnancy Care Center, we ask that you return it, filled or unfilled. We would like to complete the fundraising by Nov. 29. Place the bottle in the basket in the back of the church. Half the number of bottles taken have been returned. Thank you to those who have already contributed to this cause.

Religious Education

BAZAAR NEWS!
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to everyone who contributed your scrumptious baked goods, tantalizing candies and beautiful craft items for our Religious Education Bazaar! Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped in the booth, you are all amazing! It was a huge success for all of us! Our gifts from everyone brought in about $550.00 for our Religious Education Programs! May Our Lord and Brother Jesus Christ Bless each of you during this coming Advent Season!

NURSERY NEWS-NURSERY TIME 11AM-12PM
The Nursery has been open and we are still looking for little ones to come join us. Karen Sadoff, Paula Jarmer and their assistants Riley Walton, Allie Gamble and Olivia Parker are awaiting your infants, 18 mos-3 years. If you have any questions about this program call Connie Bilton-Smith 503-266-9411.

FOR SALE
We will be hosting a gift table featuring Pinecone Bird feeders, Christmas Tree Ornaments, Pumpkins, and Sand Dollar Ornaments during Coffee and Donuts after each Mass in the Parish Center. Most of these items were made by the youth in the Religious Education Programs! They were great little package decorations and the bird feeders would be a great gift for Grandma and Grandpa for bird watching!

ADVENT PROJECT
Our Religious Education children are collecting coins during Advent to buy animals for the World Vision Program. This program services all races, faiths and cultures [over 100 million people]. This program builds self sufficiency for the communities served and over 87% of every gift goes directly to help families overcome poverty! We may purchase a cow for $500, sheep for $105, 8 chickens for $100, goat and 2 chickens for $100, 10 ducks for $60 and so on. See the bulletin board and watch the money grow! When we reach an amount we will add the animals to the barnyard. We will begin during Advent!

JOURNEY IN FAITH & YOUTH GROUP
Remember, no class this week, November 25, 2009 so that we may celebrate and give thanks. We will resume class on December 2nd.

JOURNEY IN FAITH & YOUTH GROUP
Journey in Faith & Youth Group will be collecting non-food items for our food bank. We will have a donation spot at the parish center as well as the vestibule of the church. Items of need are disposable diapers, bar soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, shampoo, deodorant, and hand sanitizer. Thank you for your continued support for those in need.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STUDENTS
Please remember to bring a photo of yourself for the ornament craft. These ornaments will hang throughout the parish center.

NEWS AROUND THE AREA

THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER
St. John the Apostle in Oregon City will be providing a Thanksgiving Day Dinner on November 26, 2009, between the hours of noon and 3:00pm. This dinner is open to everyone, especially families in need, lonely, homeless, elderly, poor, and anyone wishing to share a Thanksgiving meal with others. This dinner is provided so that all in our community, the young and the old, the rich and the poor, can have a place to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings, including pie for dessert.

LIVING THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
Self-giving service is a small price to pay for our share in this eternal glory. Living the paschal mystery means that we don’t count the cost, but always find strength, hope, encouragement in the glimpse of final victory that we are repeatedly given throughout the liturgical year. Living the paschal mystery means that we see the victorious Christ even in the everyday trials and difficulties that we face. Living the paschal mystery means that we are ever faithful to the rhythm of dying and rising as it unfolds in our every day prayer, work, leisure. Living the paschal mystery means that we are “priests (that is mediators) for those whom we meet-that we are the Body of Christ leading others to holier lives and happier commitment. If someone should then ask us, “What have you done?” our answer would come quickly and surely-we have served our King. We have loved our King. In doing so, we have shared in the greatest wealth possible-his kingdom where is all glory.

WHAT HAPPENING

CHRISTMAS CHILDREN’S CHOIR REHEARSAL TODAY!!!
Children in kindergarten through middle school: bring your voices and instruments TODAY after the 11:00 am Mass–app 12:15 to 1pm. We will be preparing the beautiful music for our Christmas Eve and Epiphany liturgies on the following dates: November 22, December 6, 13, 20. (There is no rehearsal scheduled on Thanksgiving weekend.) Parents, please come with your children to the first rehearsal. For more information, please call Lora heli at 503-263-3840.

LECTOR’S LIVING LITURGY WORKBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
All lector, the new 2010 Living Liturgy Workbooks are now available for you to pick up. You will find them in the Sacristy. Please mark your name off of the list as you pick up your copy.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Last week a letter was included in the bulletin with information regarding a replacement set of the Stations of the Cross. They are a hand carved, wooden set with natural stained finished. Each station measures a total of 21" x 15" with the figures measuring 12". The Demetz family of religious artisans in Italy, a centuries old family business are the craftsmen for this project. The cost for the 14 stations will be $23,000. As each station is individually hand carved it takes approximately 10 weeks from placement of order to completion of project and shipment. We would like to be able to have the new set of Stations of the Cross in time for the Lenten Season. In order to do so we would need to place our order no later than the first week of December. If you would like to make a donation to the Stations of the Cross you may do so by putting your donation in one of the envelopes found in the pews [or in the vestibule of the church ] this weekend marked “Stations” and putting it in the collection basket at Sunday Mass. You may also stop by the office and drop off your donation or put it in the mail. Please make checks payable to St. Patrick - Stations of the Cross. Thank you.

SANTA CLAUS BREAKFAST - DEC. 12, 2009
Sponsored by St. Patrick Men’s Club. Proceeds to go toward Scholarship Fund. Tickets go on sale Nov. 22, 29 and December 6 after Masses or call 503-266-3390 or 503-260-4839. Breakfast includes: eggs, ham, hash browns, homemade cinnamon rolls, orange juice, coffee. Entertainment will be skits, singing - Lotta & Skittles the Balloon Clowns. Ticket prices: Adults $5.50 and children $4.00.

HELP OUR TROOPS THIS CHRISTMAS
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring small care packages to be sent to our parish members serving in the armed forces. Personal hygiene items (toothbrush, deodorant, chap-stick, etc.) would be gladly accepted and a Christmas card or two that we can slip into the boxes so each member can get a card from our parish showing support and merry Christmas. Try to make the cards as general as possible, for we will put a handful into each box. A collection box will be set up after the masses and your help will be needed to get all the address as well. If your family member is serving, please call Mike Schmader (503-266-1331) with his/her current address or drop it off at the parish office. We plan to mail off boxes around Dec. 1st. Lets let those who are serving know that we at St. Patrick are thinking of them and pray for their safe return.

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